Effect of Time Delay from Injury to Primary Management on the Incidence of Deep Infection After Open Fractures of the Lower Extremities Caused by Blunt Trauma in Adults
- 1 December 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
- Vol. 7 (6) , 532-535
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005131-199312000-00008
Abstract
Summary: A retrospective review of a large series of open fractures in adult blunt trauma managed in a standardized fashion at a regional trauma referral center suggests that delay within the first 24 h after injury may not have a significant prognostic influence on the subsequent frequency of late deep infection in patients otherwise treated optimallyKeywords
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